The Best Cafes in Heywood, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (2025)

Came today for lunch after our trip in the Santa express with my family. The staff were unbelievably friendly and their Yorkshire pudding sliders are the best thing I’ve eaten this whole festive period. Worth a trip back just for them!

Excellent food really recommend the Yorkshire pudding siders xx

Great little cafe. Worth a visit even if your not getting the ELR. Definitely will visit again. We just had hot drinks and a cake. Great play to take the children too, especially with the play area at the side if the cafe.

This cafe is amazing lovely food fantastic staff and a good price, I would definitely recommend,

I'm guilty of not putting this review up nearly soon enough as this has been the location of choice for me, family, friends and basically anyone who we bump in to in the local area looking for a recommendation for a place to get first class coffee and food to match. The team are great and nothing is too much trouble. There is a really friendly and familiar atmosphere and this just gets better and better the more you visit. You'll quickly become familiar with regular faces and after tasting the food and drink you will understand what keeps them coming back. Seasonal specials come up throughout the year and I'd encourage anyone visiting to give them a try, then come back and try the others until you've done them all :) Coolers in the summer are a great refresher and the various hot chocolates in the winter help keep the chill at bay. Drop in and you won't regret it :)

Fantastic food and great, friendly service! Very happy customers

Very welcoming, lovely staff. Delicious coffees. Dog friendly too.

A really friendly place with great conversation, excellent coffee, tea, cold drinks and food, with a good range of gluten free. If you’ve never been here, it’s definitely worth a visit.

Excellent food and fabulous service, new to the area and this is an absolute gem of a place 👌

Fabulous food service and atmosphere and VERY reasonably priced don't know how they do it

Lovely place, great food, reasonable prices and the staff are fantastic. Two meals and two drinks typically come to around £16 and it's a lot nicer and friendlier than any overpriced chain cafe. It has very quickly become a regular weekend stop for us.

Fantastic place to eat. Great food, service and price. Well worth a visit.

The rhubarb crumble has a perfect balance between crumble and cooked fruit. Each spoonful melts in the mouth. The apple and sultana pies not only look good but are most delicious. The cheese and onion and mince and onion pies are comforting classics perfect choices for dinner. The home made cakes are mouthwatering choices. Thank you for your friendly smiles and dedication to providing an excellent cafe ❤️❤️❤️

Lovely friendly city place. Very close to motorway and DEFINITELY better than the services!

One of the best cafes you can go to, very high quality of food, staff and conversation. Cannot reccomend this place highly enough

Delicious mini afternoon tea. Have visited several times. The food is made on the premises and always yummy. Reasonable prices, too. Free parking next to the cafe.

well done Imli 🫶🏻👌🏻💯we had christmas day there which is 3 years in a row for us now. The service, Staff & Food is always amazing. Treat our little ones so well very kind and friendly, Thank you Imli Restaurant for again a wonderful christmas day and see you new year’s eve 👌🏻 We have booked for 10 ppl cannot wait x

Excellent all round. Great menu and superb food. Staff very friendly. Looking forward to our next visit

visited afew weeks ago. Food was delicious, service was great and restaurant decor and atmosphere is really good. Would highly recommend to others. They do takeaway also.

Love this restaurant. We always gather here as a group of over 12 family members young and old. The food is fabulous, the service is brilliant. They never fail to make us feel welcomed and special.

The first time I went we were a party of six and everything was amazing I couldn’t fault anything the food the service the wait time it was all perfect although the second time I went the waiter was very dismissive he didn’t right our order down and due to allergies I’m unable to have garlic and onion he seemed to be confused at our order but went away anyway then when the food arrived there was quite a few things wrong with it but then we got another waiter and they were amazing super understanding and really apologetic. Overall I really enjoyed my visit to this restaurant and would absolutely go again.

Great place for a Birthday dinner! We visited at the weekend for a Birthday dinner. The restaurant was mostly people visiting for Birthday celebrations and it was very busy, so please make sure you book in advance to avoid disappointment! All of the starters we had were delicious and the pasta I had was amazing! I absolutely recommend the pasta - I've never had a pasta that good before! The staff were all really good and very helpful with menu choices. Definitely worth a visit!

What can I say. Amazing and more. We have celebrated many a night here. My children have grown up with this restaurant always being their choice for family get togetherness. I love it here. Great care and attention to detail whether it be a sit down family meal of 6 or an impromptu stop off for a take out. The staff are amazing each and every one of them play a special part in our nights out. I refuse to go anywhere else for my fix of Italian food. FYI the Tiramisu is to DIE for !!!!

Went and got an early breakfast , lovely staff and very nice food. Felt welcomed and well care for

Lovely cafe, freshly cooked food and extremely reasonable prices

Very friendly Good food Very reasonably priced

Excellent. In a crowded market that includes Weatherspoon and Morrison’s, That Cafe beats both hands down across any metric.

An absolutely cosy and beautiful autumn atmosphere reflected in the gorgeous autumn leaves and soft lighting. We enjoyed our Sunday roast dinner. The food was delicious and didn't take long time to be served. This was brilliant to see despite the fact that the restaurant was so busy. Lily was amazing and looked after us and kept checking if everything ok! I absolutely enjoyed her recommendation of the carrot cake with Pistachio frosting. Great atmosphere and fantastic service and most importantly, very delicious food. Thank you ❤️

Had a birthday meal there with family on01/02/25. Lovely place, service was excellent especially Alex in the downstairs bar, so friendly and couldnt do enough for us. Definitely going back soon. Would definitely recommend this place

Great restaurant with a lovely setting and lovely views from their window front upstairs. The menu was refreshing and a good price for a set menu on a Sunday. We started off with cocktails which were delicious and including the mocktails! The white onion soup starter was one of the nicest soups I’ve tasted in a while! The Sunday roast was perfect, my beef was cooked to perfection and we were stuffed by the end! The desserts were also nice from what we managed after being full up! In particular we enjoyed the deconstructed tiramisu. Unfortunately my mother had a medical emergency after the meal due to an illness, it was quite scary and required an ambulance (she’s ok now). The staff were absolutely incredible during this, phoned an ambulance, kept everyone calm and directed the paramedics upstairs so I’m very thankful to them and they’re a testament to the company!

Lovely Bistro set in a beautiful location. The staff were super friendly and I would've eaten everything on the menu, great choice for everyone! We revisited this evening and were not disappointed. I would however like to mention a certain member of the serving staff. I don't know his name, he has a beard and we have been lucky enough to be served by him on several occasions. He has a fantastic way with customers, very knowledgeable of the food and local area. He just makes our visit special and is an asset to the restaurant!

Paid £40 for a 3 course meal and drinks. Always love a date with the girls here. The profiteroles were delicious highly recommend. Service with a smile as always. We love the staff and been going for years. Must be a good place to work as no staff turnaround.

Such a beautifully decorated restaurant inside and outside with Christmas baubles on a magnificent tree in the car park. The restaurant has been treated to a Christmas makeover too. So the atmosphere was just right for 2 out of the three of us to enjoy 2 courses from the Christmas lunch time menu. We were all driving so didn’t get any alcoholic drinks. 2 of us had prawn cocktail followed by turkey and most of the usual trimmings. The restaurant was busy and we had booked. Service was ok - we had to wait a little but we had plenty to chat about. I recall the set menu (with several choices) was £25 for 2 courses - or was it 3?? For coffee we went upstairs to view the lovely grounds and here it was lovely and warm. The restaurant is so attractive and the ladies toilets are good too!!

We visited the Pavilion bistro last night with a party of 16 people for a 40th Birthday. Our party sat in the garden room which was beautifully decorated with a lovely warm fire. From the moment we arrived until the moment we left the staff were incredible, everyone commented on their professionalism, nothing was too much trouble and EVERYTHING was perfectly organized ! The food was absolutely fabulous and presentation was immaculate ! Compliments to the chef ! I can’t recommend this restaurant highly enough, it is perfection in every way. Thank you for making our special occasion even more special than we imagined it was going to be !

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Fantastic full trip. Delicious!!!

Had an excellent Full English Breakfast there today. Friendly staff and real value for money and makes a pleasant change to have all food prepared fresh from good ingredients.

Nice local cafe doesn't look like much from the outside but food is cooked well and fresh nice breakfast